Sister in Law: Lung cancer and will be having surgery to remove the lower lobe of her right lung.

My Favorite Quote

If we could look into each others hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us face, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with much more love, patience, tolerance, and care. "Marvin J. Ashton"

Relief Sociey Lesson 31 "God shall be with you forever and ever."

No affliction can separate us from the love of God and fellowship with one another.

Adversity lasts only a small moment; if we endure well, we will be exalted in the presence of God.

The Savior understands all of our suffering, and He will be with us forever and ever.

The still, small voice whispers consolation to our soul in the depths of our sorrows and distress.

I LOVE GENEALOGY

Frank & I have been doing genealogy for several years and we have been working a shift at the Family History Center, but had to quit due to our surgeries. Our favorite genealogy site is: Ancestry.com and we are excited that the Las Vegas Temple district has just recently been allowed to the newfamilysearch.org site. We love researching our families and have spent hours and hours doing so. We are the Family History Consultants for our Ward.

The below picture was taken on a trip Frank & I made in 2000. I was able to see this old Smith Home and meet some of my cousins on this trip. I actually visisted this old place when I was a very small child around 4 years old, and I can still remember it. As I was wandering around the old place, I felt my deceased Aunt's presence and I could see her running around the yard playing as a small child. She was raised by the Smiths her grandparents.

The Old Smith Home Siler City, NC

My Mother's Grandparents Home

About Me

I was born in Salt Lake City, UT where I spent the first 20 years of my life. I graduated from West High School and went to Henager Business College, and worked at the State Road Shops in Salt Lake City. I married Larry Staley on Sept.30,1960 and we had three children, Sherry, Bret, and Garen. We moved to Grantsville,UT in 1961 and lived there for three years. We moved to NV in 1964 when Garen was just four months old. We lived in Las Vegas for a few months and then moved to Overton, NV where Larry opened the Bank of Las Vegas as the bank manager. He was killed in a bank robbery in August of 1967 along with two of his bank tellers. He was 28 and I was 26, and I was left with three small children. This was the hardest part of my life losing my husband at such a young age. I married Bud Walkington two years later. He was the husband of one of the tellers that was killed. He had two daughters, Lani and Lori. They and their children are still in my life and I love them dearly. This was an un-happy marriage and ended in 1978. I then Married Frank Merritt and have been happily married for 31 years now.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Trip to Las Vegas - Hair Cuts

We had quite a long day in Vegas Wednesday as we started out on a shopping spree. First to Home Depot for a new toilet seat, and some sprinkeling system stuff and then to Star Nursery for a new sprinkler timer. We had to call Renee and make our hair appointmets for a little later which was fine with her as we were her last appointments.

She is now managing a beauty shop that is closer to her home and makes it a lot easier to get there. It is quite stressful on her leaving the baby and trying to staff an almost empty salon with new people. She is on a salary and works five days a week. She does hair in between her manager's chores. Luckilly her step mom drives into Vegas from Overton to baby sit. So the baby is in good hands. I talked to Renee this morning and she said that Jason had a tough time with Rozlynn yesterday when he got home from work and took over the baby care. Rozlynn cried for a couple of hours straight. He called Renee and told her "You have to get home now!" Renee thinks the baby is missing her and I think she is right. So today Jenie will bring the baby to Renee's work and hopefully Renee will be able to breast feed her and have some mommy time with her. Renee wants to end up working part time again so she can be with Rozlynn more and I sure hope it works out. We didn't get to see Rozlynn. Hopefully when things settle down for Renee we can go in for a Visit at her home and see the baby.

We ended our day at Sams Club doing our usual shopping there and then had dinner and came home. I was exhausted and couldn't wait to go to bed. I remember when we used to do marathon shopping in Vegas from morning to night. Wow! I couldn't do that any more.